AN OCTAGONAL INSCRIBED DUAN INKSTONE, WITH FITTED WOOD BOX AND COVER QIANLONG MARK AND PERIOD

one side with a recessed angular inkwell, the reverse incised with a long inscription and double seal, the stone matt grey with lighter striations, the box and cover of conforming shape, the box raised on eight short corner feet and lined with yellow silk on the interior, the interior of the cover lacquered black

Formerly in the Baude Collection, Dresden (by repute).

Purchased in Qingdao, circa 1908 (by repute).

Ostasiatische Kunst Museum, Berlin, 2001-2003.